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Rock, Blues, Kraut and Psych – Voodoo Beach brings everything together. The Berlin based band tries to form their own version of Blues Rock since 2014. Vivi, John, Ignacy and Phine catch us with a mysterious sound made out of minimalistic drum beats, hypnotic bass lines and guitars, that are standing with one foot on a surfboard. Vivi, former member of The Mokkers, sings, whispers, screams about madness and passion, in German and in English. Her love for Velvet Underground, Mazzy Star and Sonic Youth cannot be denied. Besides playing many shows in and around Berlin, for example at the festival Jenseits von Millionen, the band released four singles until now. These reflect the impressive set of Voodoo Beach and give a good foretaste of what is to come.

3 questions to Voodoo Beach

How did you meet?

Ignacy: I met the girls on the internet, through a website for musicians. Later on we found our lovely John through friends. John: Actually I was super nervous to finally meet Vivi because I really, really liked her old band The Mokkers. When we first met – I think it was after a gig of some mutual friends in Kreuzberg – she was wearing a huge hat – I don’t know why I remember that – and both of us were pretty drunk. So actually, it was kinda fun from the beginning for me, at least. PS: Now I am also a huge fan of Iggy and Phine.

So far you released four songs. One sticks out. “Wahn” is sung in German and not in English as usual. How did that happen?

John: During a session Vivi suddenly started singing in German. I loved her German singing voice instantly, I think it differs from her “English voice”. After a while, it became totally natural for all of us and I think the German lyrics add some interesting spice to our sound.Vivi: I wanted to start singing in german for quite a while but it took me some time to get out of my comfort zone. “Wahn” was the first song where I felt that german lyrics would fit very well because the bass and drums reminded me of german Post-Punk from the 80s. After that we agreed to write more songs in german. But I must say it was really not that easy in the beginning as I was still used to singing in english and all bands that inspired me are singing in english too. Luckily John, who is really good at writing stuff helped me with the lyrics for the next german songs. So I could concentrate more on the singing and how to make it sound fluent and soft and not worry too much about the words and the story.

This year, The Fever Creek Festivals celebrates its 5th birthday, and we are looking forward to make nice memories. What are your best birthday memories?

John: I am turning 30 later this year (yuck) and I am very hoping to collect the best memories then!
Phine: Same here, as I’m turning 30 next year and hope for ALL band members to be there and sing a very special and personal birthday song for me! (#whoforgotmybirthdaythisyear)
Ignacy: Once I swallowed a glass of expensive 72% Whiskey in one go to impress a bartender, who advised me to drink it slowly and in little sips due to it’s high percentage. I did it because the girl I was into at that time, present at the party, got a crush on the mentioned bartender. I managed to keep my cool until he left our table, after which a single tear rolled down my cheek. Didn’t help to get the girl though.
Vivi: I will always remember my 16th birthday. It was a super hot summer day and I went on a boat trip with friends. We had such a blast but out of a sudden a heavy thunderstorm started…My nicest and at the same time most adventurous birthday memory!